Morning Minutes, June 9

Word of the Day, Website of the Day, Number to Know, This Day in History, Today’s Featured Birthday and Daily Quote.

Word of the Day

donnybrook DON-ee-brook noun; a brawl or dispute. — Dictionary.com

Website of the Day: How McCarthyism worked

http://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/mccarthyism.htm

From the staff at “How Stuff Works,” a look at Joseph McCarthy and the Communist-hunting hysteria that bears his name.

Number to Know

75,000: Peak membership of the Communist Party of the United States, reached in 1940-41.

This Day in History

June 9, 1954: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the U.S. Arm, lashes out at Sen. Joseph McCarthy during televised hearings on alleged Communist infiltration of the Army. Welch stung McCarthy with the famous rebuke, “Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?”